Expert: Ohio cop on trial in shooting wasn't dragged by car

CINCINNATI (AP) — Analysis of body camera video shows that a white University of Cincinnati police officer was not being dragged by the car of the unarmed black man he fatally shot during a traffic stop last year, an expert for prosecutors testified Thursday.

Video analyst Grant Fredericks told jurors during Ray Tensing's murder trial Thursday that the victim's car moved slightly before the shot was fired.

The testimony contradicted Tensing's statement to investigators that he was being dragged by the car driven by Sam DuBose and that he feared for his life. DuBose was shot in the head. Tensing was later fired from the police force.

In that videotaped statement, played for jurors Thursday, Tensing said, "I was thinking, 'Oh my gosh, I'm being dragged by this guy's car. I don't want to die today.'"